"parenchyma" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈɹɛŋ.kɪm.ə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-parenchyma.wav Forms: parenchymas [plural], parenchymata [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρέγχῠμα (parénkhŭma, “anything poured in beside”), from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ἔγχῠμα (énkhŭma, “instillation, content of a vessel”), given by the Greek anatomist Erasistratus to the peculiar substance of the lungs, liver, kidneys, and spleen, as if formed separately by the veins that run into them. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|παρέγχῠμα||anything poured in beside}} Ancient Greek παρέγχῠμα (parénkhŭma, “anything poured in beside”), {{af|grc|πᾰρᾰ-|ἔγχῠμα|nocat=1|t1=beside|t2=instillation, content of a vessel}} πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ἔγχῠμα (énkhŭma, “instillation, content of a vessel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|parenchymata}} parenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural parenchymas or parenchymata)
  1. (anatomy) The functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue): պարենքիմ (parenkʻim) (Armenian), parènquima [masculine] (Catalan), 實質 /实质 (shízhì) (Chinese Mandarin), parenchym [masculine] (Czech), parenchyme [masculine] (French), Parenchym [neuter] (German), παρέγχυμα (parénchyma) [neuter] (Greek), פרנכימה (Hebrew), parenkim (Indonesian), parenchima [masculine] (Italian), parenkym (Norwegian Bokmål), پارانشیم (pârânšim) (Persian), نرمآگنه (narm-âgane) (Persian), parênquima [feminine] (Portuguese), parenchim [neuter] (Romanian), паренхи́ма (parɛnxíma) [feminine] (Russian), parénquima [masculine] (Spanish), mulsihayan (Tagalog)
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  2. (botany) The cellular tissue, typically soft and succulent, found chiefly in the softer parts of leaves, pulp of fruits, bark and pith of stems, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (zoology) Cellular tissue lying between the body wall and the organs of invertebrate animals lacking a coelom, such as flatworms. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -enchyma, palisade parenchyma, parenchymal, parenchymatous, parenchymous, wood parenchyma Related terms: enchyma, chyme, alchemy Coordinate_terms: idioblast

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      "word": "պարենքիմ"
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      "word": "פרנכימה"
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      "word": "parenkim"
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      "word": "پارانشیم"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue",
      "word": "mulsihayan"
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